A digital X-ray unit produces one or a few large images per exam. AuraPACS receives them from the CR reader or DR panel, stores them on a node in your clinic, opens them in any browser for the OPD doctor and sends the image and report to the patient on WhatsApp instead of a film envelope.
A digital X-ray PACS takes the image from your CR reader or DR panel over the network, stores it against the patient, and shows it on any screen that needs it. AuraPACS does this on an on-premise node, so the orthopaedic OPD three rooms away opens the chest or knee X-ray in a browser seconds after exposure, and the patient receives it on WhatsApp instead of carrying a film.
X-ray is the simplest modality for a PACS and the one where going filmless pays back fastest. Each exam is one or a few large images rather than a stack of slices, so the archive grows slowly and the viewing is quick even on a modest laptop.
Many clinics bought a digital X-ray unit and then kept printing film because there was nowhere to put the image.
Each X-ray is printed, sleeved and handed over, at a cost per sheet, even for a routine follow-up.
The only digital copy sits on the CR or DR console, which nobody backs up and which will one day be replaced.
The physician either waits for the film or goes to the console to look at the screen.
The follow-up visit begins with a search for last month's envelope, then a repeat exposure.
Where a radiologist reports, the report is a separate paper unconnected to the digital image.
Front desk registers the patient and the view; the entry reaches the X-ray worklist.
The technician selects the patient on the CR or DR console; no retyping.
The image is sent as DICOM to the node and filed automatically.
The doctor opens the patient's study in a browser in the consulting room.
A radiologist reports on an X-ray template, finalised to a PDF on the study.
A secure WhatsApp link replaces the film envelope.
| X-ray requirement | Why it matters | In AuraPACS |
|---|---|---|
| One or few large images | Reading is about detail and contrast, not scrolling | Browser viewer with window/level on a large single image |
| Fast OPD viewing | The doctor wants the image during the consultation, not after | Opens in any browser on the local network |
| Filmless delivery | Film costs money and gets lost | WhatsApp secure link to the patient |
| Follow-up comparison | Fracture healing is judged against the last film | Searchable history; prior image opens alongside |
| Modest hardware | Clinics do not have server rooms | Single on-premise node, cloud layer for backup |
| Occasional reporting | Not every X-ray is reported, but some must be | Templates and PDF sign-off when required |
One X-ray room serving several OPDs.
Repeat films at every follow-up visit.
Casualty needs the chest film before the radiologist reads it.
X-ray alongside ultrasound and CT in one archive.
Serial chest X-rays over months, findable by patient.
Yes. Both send DICOM images over the network, and both are pointed at the AuraPACS node the same way. Which unit you have is confirmed on a call before setup.
Most clinics do. The image is on the node for every OPD doctor, the patient gets a WhatsApp link, and a film is printed only when someone specifically asks. Whether you keep a printer for those cases is your call.
No. The viewer runs in a standard browser on any PC on the clinic network. Each doctor has a login with role-based access, and every view is audited. See DICOM viewer.
A secure link that opens the X-ray image and, where one has been written, the report PDF, with no app or login needed at their end. See WhatsApp report sharing.
Less than CT or MR, because each exam is one or a few images rather than a stack. The archive sits on your own node and is sized to your daily volume on a call.
No. It stores, displays and shares the images. The interpretation is by your doctor or radiologist.
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